Jan Casey
The War Artist : Brand-new for 2024, the next captivating,...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
Poignant, warm, gut wrenching and hopeful, this book is just beautiful. 5 reader reviewExcuse me, the man interrupted her as if there was absolutely nothing she could say to comfort him. I have to get on with my digging. Then he stabbed violently at her sketchbook with his finger. Get it all down, he snarled. Every single disgusting, pathetic detail. And shove it in their faces.London, 1940Following a chance meeting with her former teacher, young painter Sybil Paige wins a coveted assignment from the War Artists Advisory Committee, and so begins her journey across the length and breadth of the country, sketching everything from airfields and assembly lines to farms and factories.Sometimes its milkmaids and poultry keepers, brave and hopeful sometimes its the harrowed faces of those digging through the rubble to find their loved ones and livelihoods. But armed with her sketchbook, Sybil captures it all, determined to tell the stories of the thousands of women fighting their own battles on the home front. Above all, she wants the voices of her subjects to shine through.But amidst the scenes of despair and courage, the one picture Sybil cannot paint and yet cannot purge from her brain, no matter how hard she tries, is the image of a woman folded into a chair, the crumpled telegram about her missing husband clasped in her hand. Because a selfportrait, Sybil well knows, requires the artist to find her own voice.With each new commission, Sybil grows in confidence. But, like...
Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: FJMS; Weight: 406 g; Dimensions: 192 x 130 x 23
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Poignant, warm, gut wrenching and hopeful, this book is just beautiful. 5 reader reviewExcuse me, the man interrupted her as if there was absolutely nothing she could say to comfort him. I have to get on with my digging. Then he stabbed violently at her sketchbook with his finger. Get it all down, he snarled. Every single disgusting, pathetic detail. And shove it in their faces.London, 1940Following a chance meeting with her former teacher, young painter Sybil Paige wins a coveted assignment from the War Artists Advisory Committee, and so begins her journey across the length and breadth of the country, sketching everything from airfields and assembly lines to farms and factories.Sometimes its milkmaids and poultry keepers, brave and hopeful sometimes its the harrowed faces of those digging through the rubble to find their loved ones and livelihoods. But armed with her sketchbook, Sybil captures it all, determined to tell the stories of the thousands of women fighting their own battles on the home front. Above all, she wants the voices of her subjects to shine through.But amidst the scenes of despair and courage, the one picture Sybil cannot paint and yet cannot purge from her brain, no matter how hard she tries, is the image of a woman folded into a chair, the crumpled telegram about her missing husband clasped in her hand. Because a selfportrait, Sybil well knows, requires the artist to find her own voice.With each new commission, Sybil grows in confidence. But, like...
Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: FJMS; Weight: 406 g; Dimensions: 192 x 130 x 23
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Jan Casey
The War Artist : Brand-new for 2024, the next captivating,...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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